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(C) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION,
IN GARRETT COUNTY A PERSON MAY OPERATE A SNOWMOBILE ON A STATE
HIGHWAY WHEN CROSSING THE STATE HIGHWAY AT A RIGHT ANGLE.

21-1121.

(A) A PERSON MAY NOT OPERATE A SNOWMOBILE ON A

CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY.

(B) EXCEPT WHEN CROSSING A STATE HIGHWAY AT A RIGHT ANGLE,
A PERSON MAY NOT OPERATE A SNOWMOBILE ON A STATE HIGHWAY.

25-102.

(a) The provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law do not
prevent a local authority, in the reasonable exercise of its
police power, from exercising the following powers as to highways
under its jurisdiction:

(14) Designating (I) EXCEPT IN GARRETT COUNTY,
DESIGNATING a certain portion of highways or roadways upon which
snowmobiles may travel for the sole purpose of gaining access to
snowmobile trails which have been designated by the Department of
Natural Resources. However, only those highways and roadways
which divide snowmobile trails and which would otherwise obstruct
direct access between snowmobile trails may be so designated; or
AND

(II) IN GARRETT COUNTY, PERMITTING A PERSON TO
CROSS A HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY ON A SNOWMOBILE AT A RIGHT ANGLE, AND
DESIGNATING A CERTAIN PORTION OF HIGHWAYS OR ROADWAYS UPON WHICH
SNOWMOBILES MAY TRAVEL FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF GAINING ACCESS TO
SNOWMOBILE TRAILS WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved May 28, 1985.

CHAPTER 593

(House Bill 118)

AN ACT concerning

Mining - Open-Pit Mining Operator's
License - Renewal

FOR the purpose of requiring a person to pay certain applicable
coal surcharges and severance taxes before renewing an